PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 11:06
Sam recalls the first time he heard the sweet sounds of Virginia Coalition.
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 09:45
A story about endings– of the long, drawn-out, painful variety in particular. Also, boat metaphors.
- Added: Oct 30, 2012
- Length: 18:15
A woman who has come to terms with herself reads embarrassing obscenity-laden entries from her teenage diary; Bloomington's first female firefighte...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Tin Roof Project #25 featuring comic duo Steve and Vicki Farrell. The Tin Roof Project is once a month and features well-known Southerners bringing...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This piece was recorded live on June 5, 2012 at the Pauger House and later produced by Natalie Yahr. The theme of the evening was "Undercover," and...
- Added: Oct 14, 2012
- Length: 05:23
This Story was told on July 10th, 2012 at Aubrey's Place in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Here, Elizabeth Steeby reminisces on the horrify...
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 07:00
This story was first told on July 10, 2012, and later produced for radio broadcast by Laine Kaplan-Levenson and Nina Feldman. The theme of that eve...
- Added: Sep 23, 2012
- Length: 33:19
Two stories about healers and teachers who do not have the best interests of their students in mind.
Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUT
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 06:51
- Purchases: 2
Every waking moment of his life Carl Kozlowski is in a struggle just to stay awake. He's fighting narcolepsy, that chronic disorder rendering the s...
Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Aspen Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 27, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...
Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 07:34
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Sandcarvers, The Sweet Colleens, David Nigel Lloyd, Lauren Mary Lo...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Mimi Burns Band, The Irish Experience, Ockham's Razor, Brad Reid, The ...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Jason Bennett, The Irish Wolfhounds, Mel Farrimond, Needfire, Meghan H...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: R. Mack Harrell, The Sandcarvers, Brian Devereaux, Craicmore, The John...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Craicmore, Eddie Matthews & Maz, The Elders, Perpetual e-Motion, Tamar...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Sweet Colleens, David Leinweber, Peter Fitzpatrick, Michael Tanenb...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Murder Mouse Blues Band, Blackthorn, Sonic Bridge, The Irish Experien...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Sandcarvers, Brad Reid, One of the Girls, Anne Roos, Mel Farrimon...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Needfire, Yekaterina Afonasyeva, Collette Cheverie, Raymond McCulloug...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: The Town Pants, Maidens IV, Jenna Tague, Raggle Taggle, Vannatta, Pap...
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 29:58
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Steve Morgan, Papilio, The Angels' Share, Joey Curtin & Marc Cooper, ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 29:59
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Heidi Jane, Raggle Taggle, Shadowdancer, Qristina & Quinn Bachand, The...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 29:58
